This is a implementation of webscraping code that pulls data from the website coinmarketcap.com using their API and manipulating the data using Pandas.

API is an intermediary that is in the middle of two applications communication. Coinmarketcap offers tokens for single usage of their API that allows users to pull data using automated tools.

The first step is to create a “Hobbyst” account on their developer section:

Cryptocurrency Prices, Charts And Market Capitalizations | CoinMarketCap

After the account is created by scrolling down I’m able to access the account page with to grab the API Key.

Documentation: https://coinmarketcap.com/api/documentation/v1/#

By following the quick start Python code and using my API Key, I’m able to access the data:

Using the URL provided will return data containg crypto names labeled with their IDs. To change that I can use the following variable:

If I find the following error, change the NotebookApp.iopub_data_rate_lib variable using the Anaconda Command Prompt. Might require some troubleshooting:

To bypass the limitaion on the amount of data that can be imported I managed to find this command that interacts with Anaconda (Jupyter Notebook’s distribution)

I use the following command on the Anaconda Prompt console: